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Show 00 OIL-LEASING BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, May 24 - I onaider-ation onaider-ation of the administration oil -leasing bill, under which more than six million mil-lion acres f public lands in Warning and California would be opened to producers for war purposes, was begun be-gun today in the house. After several months of delay, the committer on public lands submitted a bill satisfactory to the navy department, depart-ment, the department of the interior and the department, of justice through Which lenses on undeveloped land land be granted to prospectors and the holders of existing leases will be protected pro-tected in their investments. The bill also gives protection to the holders of oil leases in Alaska who prior to the withdrawal of lands on Which their products were located had not discovered oil, but had compiled with the oil production laws. |